Billings Senior High School - Kyote Yearbook (Billings, MT)

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Jim Stordahl shapes a wooden bowl during woodshop, one of the vo- cational classes at BHS. Other such classes include machine shop, vocational agriculture, work experience. Elective Classes Classes listed as activities form a vital part of school life. Library, band, orchestra, chorus, AVA, office work, journalism, majorettes are all activities, although many students spend more time on them than on regular homework. For this reason, a student is limited to one activity a year and can count no more than three credits earned in activities toward graduation. Students in these activities are re- sponsible for the smooth production of THE MUSIC MAN and for the publication of the Kyote paper and annual. Art student Larry Gonzales works with slate. Art classes study art history, design, composition and learn to apply techniques of painting and drawing. Physics, chemistry, biology, and physical science com- prise the science department at Senior High. In chemistry, a student can study the nature of matter and the changes it un- dergoes, conducting experiments to discover chemical com- position of a substance or to alter the composition. Physical science does not fulfill college entrance requirements, but offers an introduction to astronomy, geology, chemistry, and physics. Physics is a laboratory course which emphasizes a mathematical application to mechanics, sound, heat, light, electricity, and electromagnetic radiations. Students have the opportunity to visit the atomic reactor plant in Arco, Idaho. Above, Bob Everson and Fred Dunn determine result- ant forces in physics class. A Capella (above), honor society of the choirs, rehearses Seventy-six Trombones from THE MUSIC MAN. (Below), band members go over music for their tournament halftime performance. Members of the music department spend hours in and outside of school practicing for special performances. 19

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English is the only course required for four years. As ninth graders, students are supposed to learn grammar fundamen- tals and read a few short stories and well-known epics such as the ILIAD or the ODYSSEY. As tenth graders, they should concentrate on modern litera- ture — lyric poetry, plays, short stories, at least one novel — and practice writing and public speaking. When they reach their junior year, they study American literature for one semester, review and refinement of grammar and usage for the other. In their senior year, students are required to review utilitarian writing, such as business letters and news reports, write a term paper, study English litera- ture. Here, one of Mr. Nesbit ' s classes reads William Shakespeare ' s MACBETH in class. Required and . . . American history and civics are the only required history and social studies courses. Students may, however, take World history, Montana history, and Modern World history. By taking all available courses, a student should theoretically cover ancient European history through the Middle Ages through the Age of Enlightenment through Colonial American times up to present-day political and economic problems. At left, civics students work on 1040 income tax forms in conjunction with their unit on government. Gym classes go through calis- thenics and physical fitness tests be- fore regular sessions. This half-credit course is required for all sophomores, who learn health concepts and the rules and histories of such sports as basketball, baseball, badminton, and volleyball . Most students select general science to fulfill the one-credit science requirement. Many go on into biology. In biology, ama- teur scientists study the divisions of plant and animal life through books, lectures, microscopes, and dissection. Students learn about cell construction and functioning and the progression from amoeba to human body. Below, Marl in Powell studies a slide showing lung tissue .

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B-DAY CANDIDATES FRONT ROWt Sue Marquardt, Rick Neill, Phyllis Fair, Pete Egge, Betsy Brown, Dick Brickley, Linda Eames, Steve Hudgens, Liza Hart, and Charlie Price. ESCORTS FROM LETTERMEN ' S CLUB AND PEP CLUB— TOP ROW: Ken Tolliver, Kaaren Marsh, Jim Beaton, Barbara Byars, Steve Randak, Lindo Pederson, Gari Coatsworth, Beth Aveson, Bob Everson and Terri Barnett. Homecoming Royalty Crowned The royal couple, Betsy Brown and Charlie Price, porode down the red carpet to their thrones to reign for one homecoming evening. B-Day was ushered in with the election of Queen Betsy Brown and King Charles Price. Queen Candidates, selected by Lettermen ' s Club, were Miss Brown, Linda Eames, Phyllis Fair, Liza Hart, and Sue Marquardt. King candidates, nominated by Pep Club, were Dick Brickley, Pete Egge, Steve Hudgens, Rick Neill, and Price. The candidates were announced at the B-Day Pep assembly, November 1, and were voted on during third period of the same day. At the dance, November 2, tension mounted when M.C. Burley Packwood asked that the floor be cleared. The candidates were escorted by members of Pep and Letter- men ' s Clubs to positions next to the throne. As soon as Burley announced the results of the voting, Queen Betsy and King Charles were crowned by their escorts, Steve Randak and Diane Leach. Although the king had some trouble keeping the royal crown on his head, most spectators felt that the ceremony ran smoothly.